Author's Profile

Pat Barnett is Principal Consultant within the Secureworks Incident Response Team. With more than 26 years of experience in IT and information security, Pat architects and implements custom cybersecurity solutions for networks across the globe and has managed over 1,000 cyber incident responses over the last 25 years. Pat is passionate about seeing cybersecurity done right and is committed to aiding organizations in defining proper policies, procedures, and mechanisms to respond to any size event. Pat has a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering and Business Administration and several post-graduate cybersecurity certificates from MIT and Stanford University. Pat holds the following certifications: CISSP, HISSP, PCI QSA, PCPIP, CISM, CEH, and CISA. Professional affiliations include ISSA, EC-Council, ISC2, and PCI DSS.